Long Haul: Public Radio Documentaries to Go!
Everyday Americans tell their own stories in narratives and documentaries produced by award-winners Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister. As heard on NPR and public radio stations nationwide.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 92
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Katie Michelle Edwards longish
Katie Michelle Edwards longish by Long Haul Productions
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Mon 09 Jun 2025
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Emily Christensen long 5_22 by Long Haul Productions
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Thu 22 May 2025
Scotty Tribute Excerpt 2
Scotty Tribute Excerpt 2 by Long Haul Productions
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Wed 05 Mar 2025
Scotty Tribute Excerpt 3
Scotty Tribute Excerpt 3 by Long Haul Productions
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Wed 05 Mar 2025
Dog Mountain: A Love Story
The story you’re about to hear is, at its heart, is a love story — between two artists, and a whole lot of dogs. It’s also the story of what it means to follow a dream — and the difficulties that can…
00:22:16 |
Thu 20 Nov 2014
Coming Home: Nick's Story
A young Marine comes home after his first tour of duty in Afghanistan. His parents tell his story.
00:19:59 |
Tue 21 May 2013
The Lord God Bird
The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct – until recently, when a bird was allegedly spotted near the small town of Brinkley, Arkansas. The sightings were big news in a community depress…
00:11:59 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
The Swap Shop
For the past 60 years, people in northwest Tennessee have tuned each weekday at noon to a radio program on WENK/WTPR called The Swap Shop. For twenty minutes, listeners call or write offering to buy,…
00:07:57 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Sî Se Puede
It's been 71 years since the "strike heard round the world" - when autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, occupied a General Motors plant and and jumpstarted the union movement in the United States. But in…
00:22:00 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Loaves and Fishes
Since the 1930s, delighted throngs have gathered just outside Linesville, Pennsylvania, to toss bread to a writhing stew of carp and ducks at the Linesville Spillway. The carp are so thick that malla…
00:07:25 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
The Tower
The small town of Baudette, Minnesota, sits on the U.S./Canadian border, about as far north in the contiguous U.S. as you can get. Famous for snowy winters and a giant concrete walleye that sits dow…
00:07:44 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
The Natural State (with Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
Faulkner County, Arkansas, has a whole lotta shakin' going on these days. Some of it is from the cash infusion brought on by the gold-rush like influx of natural gas fracking in the community, with …
00:11:01 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Mother Nature Kneels (Instrumental, by Bonnie "Prince" Billy)
Written and performed by Bonnie "Prince" Billy in 2011 for "The Natural State," a Long Haul Song+Story.
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Wed 17 Apr 2013
Fear on the Inside
A week in the life of a woman trying to leave her physically-abusive husband. The documentary begins three days after Anna's estranged husband has threatened to kill her and their baby at gunpoint. A…
00:29:59 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Life On the Outside
The story of two chronically mentally ill, homeless repeat offenders as they attempt to break the cycle that, for years, has spun them from jail to psychiatric hospitals to the streets and back to ja…
00:29:32 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Scenes From a Transplant
In November 1995, journalist Rebecca Perl was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She learned had a tumor in her chest, six months after giving birth to a baby boy. Months of chemotherapy and radi…
00:51:57 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
When All Else Fails
"When All Else Fails" is a first-person account of a man undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock. Rob MacGruder tells of his lifelong battle with bipolar disorder a…
00:21:19 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Learning to Live: James' Story
"Learning to Live: James' Story" is the story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult life. After complet…
00:28:47 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
A Danger to Self or Others
"A Danger to Self or Others" portrays everyday life inside Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental health services in the United States. On any given day, there are…
00:28:55 |
Wed 17 Apr 2013
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